Home School Days and Children’s Christmas Tours at Old Economy Village

We will be offering two Home School Days this fall on October 11 and October 16 from 1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.

This event will allow home school families to explore the Village at a special educational rate of $5 per child and per parent or guardian. Students will get a chance to visit the buildings, try some hands-on activities, see demonstrations and learn about life in the 1830s. You must register for one of these dates by October 9.

In December, we will be offering two Christmastime for Children Tours on December 13 and December 18 at 1:00 p.m. for Home School families. This tour is designed for young children from pre-school to the third grade. The cost will be $5 per person.
This is an hour and a half program. For the first hour students (parents come along and watch) will get a tour of the Village where they will make an ornament to take home and participate in other activities. The final half hour of the program is a party with grumpy, old Belsnickel. He will be checking his book to see which children are naughty or nice. You must register for these events by Friday, December 6.

To register for these events, please contact David Miller, our Museum Educator, at davmiller@pa.gov or call 724-266-4500 ext.110. 

Old Economy Village is a gemstone site of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Old Economy Village interprets the history of the Harmony Society, a highly successful nineteenth century religious communal society, and preserves and interprets the unique material culture of the Society during its period of residence in Beaver County, Pennsylvania for citizens of and visitors to the Commonwealth.  Old Economy Village was the heart of the Harmony Society’s home from 1824 until the commune was dissolved in 1905.  Old Economy Village is administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in partnership with the Friends of Old Economy Village.  It is part of Ambridge’s Old Economy National Historic Landmark and is among the region’s most important historic sites.